§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will publish in HANSARD details of overseas visits made by Ministers in his Department during the past two years; for what purposes and at what costs these visits were made; and what have been the results of such visits.
§ Mr. Frederick LeeDetails are as follows:
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Date Country Visited Purpose of Visit Total Cost £ (3) 31st Jan.-18th Feb., 1965. Mr. Greenwood, Colonial Secretary and 4 officials. Caribbean and British Guiana To meet leading personalities; to discuss the future of the territories; to clear the ground for the constitutional conference held later. 2,736 (4) 11th March-30th March, 1965. Mrs. White, Parliamentary Under-Secretary and 4 officials. Southern Africa territories To meet leading personalities; to study the territories, to discuss problems at first hand and to hold discussions. 2,916 (5) 11th March-30th March, 1965. Mrs. White, Parliamentary Under-Secretary and 2 officials. Gibraltar To examine effects of Spanish frontier restrictions. 176 (6) 23rd April-5th May, 1965. Mrs. White, Parliamentary Under-Secretary and 2 officials. Fiji To meet groups and individuals; to study the broad social, economic and political circumstances of the Colony in advance of the constitutional conference. 1,929 (7) 4th April-10th April, 1965. Mr. Greenwood, Colonial Secretary and 2 officials. Mauritius In preparation for constitutional talks held later. 1,602 (8) 2nd July-3rd July, 1965. Mr. Greenwood, Colonial Secretary and 4 officials. Paris To discuss the administration of the New Hebrides with the French Minister for Overseas Territories. 172 (9) 22nd July -26th July, 1965. Mr. Greenwood, Colonial Secretary and 5 officials. Aden Constitutional talks 1,240 (10)14th Sept.-19th Sept., 1965. Mrs. White, Parliamentary Under-Secretary and 2 officials. Gibraltar To discuss Gibraltar Development Plan and plans for accommodating refugees from Spain. 126 (11) 3rd Oct.-21st Oct., 1965. Mr. Greenwood, Colonial Secretary and 5 officials. British Honduras, Bahamas, Bermuda and U.S.A. To study the Colonial Territories and to discuss a wide range of Colonial affairs with representatives of the U.S. Government. 2,912 (12) 4th Nov.-23rd Nov., 1965. Lord Beswick, Parliamentary Under-Secretary and 2 officials. Aden Familiarisation tour. To meet South Arabian Ministers, etc. 1,656 (13) 29th Oct.-30th Oct., 1965. Mr. Greenwood, Colonial Secretary, Lord Beswick, Parliamentary Under-Secretary and 2 officials. New York To discuss with the Secretary General of United Nations and interested parties the constitutional proposals for South Arabia. 887 (14) 22nd Dec-25th Dec, 1965. Mrs. White, Parliamentary Under-Secretary and 1 official. Bechuanaland To discuss the radio station at Francistown. 980 (15) 3rd Jan.-15th Jan., 1966. Mrs. White, Parliamentary Under-Secretary and 2 officials. Hong Kong To study political, social and economic problems. 2,091 (16) 15th Feb.-17th Feb., 1966. Lord Beswick, Parliamentary Under-Secretary and 2 officials. Aden To acquaint South Arabian Ministers with the effects of the Defence Review. 1,075 (17) 25th June-5th July, 1966. Mr. Stonehouse, Parliamentary Under-Secretary and 5 officials. Mauritius To secure inter-party agreement to new electoral provisions necessitated by constitutional advance. 3,301 (18) 29th July-3rd Sept., 1966 Mr. Lee, Colonial Secretary and party. Pacific To study Pacific problems at first hand: to hold discussions in Canberra and Hong Kong. 6,049 (19) 26th Sept.-25th Oct., 1966 Mr. Stonehouse, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Mrs. Stonehouse and 3 officials. Swaziland, Botswana, Lesotho, Seychelles To lead U.K. Delegation to the Botswana and Lesotho independence celebrations. To hold discussions in Swaziland and Seychelles. 2,755